Welcome to the 2017 Newark Community Survey. On behalf of the Independent Monitor of the Newark Police Division, we are asking for your help on an important study to hear firsthand from residents in the community about the Newark Police. Under the Newark Consent Decree, the Monitor needs to hear from residents like you about your perceptions of, experiences with, and expectations for the Newark Police. Your participation is very important to us. All of your answers are completely confidential and will only be reported in combination with others. Participation in this study is voluntary.

If you have any questions about this research project, you may contact Dr. Ashley Koning at Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling by email akoning@rutgers.edu or by phone at 848.932.8940. If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant, you can contact the Institutional Review Board at Rutgers (which is a committee that reviews research studies in order to protect research participants) at: Arts & Sciences Institutional Review Board, Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey. Liberty Plaza / Suite 3200 335 George Street, 3rd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, 732-235-9806, humansubjects@orsp.rutgers.edu.